Outsiders, Young People and Fools

Yosomono, wakamono, bakamono: outsiders, young people and fools. The phrase is used in Japanese regional revitalization. At a regional development seminar on February 2, 2011, reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the speaker said that the presence of outsiders, young people and fools is indispensable.

A 2014 column in the Ryūkyū Shimpō says that outsiders and young people are said to be the ones who break through a stalled situation.

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